by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Nov 26, 2016 | All, Change Overview and Rationale, Formal Regulatory Remedies
At its November 17, 2016 plenary session in London, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) met to discuss current vulnerabilities and agree on priorities for 2017. While noting that the global financial system is more resilient as a result of the regulatory reforms...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Oct 19, 2016 | All, Disclosure Regimes
In its 2016 annual report published in July, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) said that more and better data was needed to assess the potential systemic risks associated with securities lending and repo. The super-regulator called for more transparency...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Aug 19, 2016 | All, Change Overview and Rationale
On July 21, 2016, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) issued its latest annual update and overview of the U.S. repo market. SIFMA measured the daily turnover of the US repo market from June 2015 to June 2016 at $2.2 trillion. During that...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Aug 16, 2016 | All, Change Overview and Rationale, Formal Regulatory Remedies
With the fundamental elements of post-crisis global financial regulatory reform in place, financial markets and market participants are beginning to experience more fully just how heightened capital requirements and leverage and liquidity restrictions are affecting...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Jun 14, 2016 | All, Change Overview and Rationale
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s (Fed) recently released its April 2016 statistics for the U.S. Tri-Party Repo Market reveal that between March 9, 2016 and April 11, 2016, total tri-party repo collateral decreased by approximately $82 billion to $1.517...
